1. Lubrook head east
In August 1254, in the sweltering heat, the Central Asian Blue Horde was inside the Palace.
On the throne in front of me sat a dignified Mongolian woman dressed in gold and silver, who handed me and my interpreter a cup of ice drink made Chinese, and smiled: "So, from the King of Accra, and back from Möngke Khan, Lubrook who wants to establish diplomatic relations with my great Mongolian country, do you want to know what happened after the death of Wokoutai Hehan?" ”
"I listen." I drank all my delicious ice drinks, and then bowed respectfully to the woman, who had already told me about many Mongols' food, clothing, habits, customs, religion, etc., and she was the regent empress of this khanate and the empress of the first generation of Khan Xiban.
Lubrook East Tour Route
Hearing me say this, the woman's eyes drooped, as if she were thinking and remembering, and when she looked up at us again, her eyes were cold and deep that we had never seen before, like a bottomless ice cave, and it was chilling to look at.
She opened her mouth slowly: "After the death of Wokoutai, the successor was his son Guiyu." ”
Yuan Dingzong Guiyu
2. Yours is yours
In 1246, five years after the regency of Nai Ma Zhen, a mighty army returned to the Mongolian steppe from Eastern Europe thousands of miles away, and this army had just finished the western expedition of the eldest son of the Yuan Taizong Wo Kuotai period, and the zongwang who led this army was the eldest son Guiyu of Wo Kuotai.
In the bribery and bribery of his mother, Naimazhen, he was already the heir of the Central Khanate.
Naima zhen in The Legend of Kublai Khan
The tired soldiers who had been sleeping all the way to the wind and food had expected to be greeted as grandly as ever, but the scene they saw now deeply shocked their hearts:
Everywhere there were dry rivers and weeds that set themselves on fire, as well as cows, horses, and lambs that died on the side of the road, emitting a fierce stench, and ragged, skinny, empty-eyed refugees and babies wailing from hunger.
These are the fruits of the governance of The Regency of Nai Ma Zhen in five years.
Finally, when it reached the capital hala and lin, the army was finally warmly welcomed by the people of the capital and the soldiers left behind, and in the court, except for the eldest grandson Of the Yuan Taizu, who had always been at odds with Guiyu, who had not arrived (he asked bee'er to attend on his behalf), the kings and nobles of the Mongol Empire gathered here.
Hala and Lin
Thus, on August 26, 1246, under the command of the Allah of Noma, Guiyu became the new Khan of the Empire at the behest of a group of kings and nobles, and succeeded in gaining real power a few months after the death of his mother at the age of 41.
At first, there was great hope for the new khan, believing that he would eliminate his mother's maladministration and revitalize the Mongol Empire. In fact, in the face of a strong mother for many years, the expensive oil of the great sweat is still difficult to get rid of the shadow of "Ma Bao Man".
Mongol Empire
As prophesied by the Han proverb that the dragon gives birth to the dragon, the phoenix gives birth to the phoenix, and the son born of the mouse will punch holes, the khan's rule cannot be said to be a political person, but also a loss of conscience.
In addition to the perfect inheritance of her mother's indiscriminate rewards for the ministers and noble kings, he also perfectly inherited the good wine cup of his father Wokoutai, who only knew the color of wine all the time, did not care about political affairs, and paid no attention to the people who struggled with poverty and hunger.
Mother will do, mother will not, he will not. After his mother's death, he continued his mother's inertia.
Yuan Taizong Nest Kuotai
Seeing that he was so absurd, the kings soon began to go their own way, asking for mountains and seafood, precious treasures, and creating their own laws; so, just two years after he succeeded to the throne, the once mighty Mongol Empire was starving everywhere, the treasury was empty, and the drought for many years almost fell apart.
3. Bizarre cause of death
In the face of such a terrible situation, this absurd khan was not without a moment of support, but the object of his support was not against the corrupt officials and wasted political affairs, but against his blood relatives:
Golden Horde.
As early as during the eldest son's Western Expedition, on the issue of the ownership of military power, the narrow-minded Guiyu pretended that he was the eldest son of Wo Kuotai, and spoke ill of The Great Hall Brother Batu, believing that he was the commander of the army, and was later called back to Mongolia by Wo Kuotai to reprimand him for a while before he reluctantly relented, but from then on he hated Batu and thought that it was Batu's complaint, and he was only disciplined.
Battus
This time, Batu did not come to his enthronement ceremony, but it became an eternal thorn in his heart.
Therefore, in the autumn of the first year of Emperor Yuandingzong, that is, in 1247, he began to prepare for the western conquest of the Golden Horde in the name of a western tour, to give this cousin a little color to see.
In the spring of 1248, the army set out and went all the way to Emin County in present-day Xinjiang, and although Battu learned of his march, he did not want to fight with his relatives or the people of the Golden Horde who had just recovered some vitality under his administration, so he led his army to the vicinity of Emin County in Xinjiang to confront Guiyu in the name of hunting.
Golden Horde
Just as the two sides were fighting and a great battle was about to break out, a message suddenly came to the camp in Batu:
Takayuki is dead!
"Please wait, did the emperor die of illness?" Hearing this, I couldn't help but question the woman.
The woman looked up at me, her eyes became sad, and then she smiled bitterly, "He died with my husband, Xi Ban." ”
Lubrook
"Snap!" A thunderclap flashed outside the window, illuminating the palace in an instant, and it was at this moment that I could see the tears of sadness flowing from the woman's face.
After stabilizing her emotions, the woman sucked in her nose before slowly continuing: "At that time, this ridiculous emperor had a sudden idea and wanted to summon Battu, and Batu suspected that he was plotting to kill himself, and his brother, my husband Xiban, volunteered to go. ”
"When he came to the front of the camp, Guiyu knew that he had not come, so he closed the door on the grounds of illness and let the soldiers stop him; my husband waited in front of his camp for half an hour, and he could not resist, stabbed the guards and rushed into the tent. Kiyu is drinking, and when he sees him breaking into the account, he scolds him for being unreasonable and uneducated. ”
Xi Ban in The Legend of Kublai Khan
"My husband had already waited impatiently, and when he heard him say this, his heart was on fire, and he also retorted to him, saying that he was an uninvited guest and wanted to use his pretense of illness to murder his brother Batu; Guiyu was also annoyed and angry when he heard this, and he drew his knife and cut it, and Xi Ban fought with him; in the end, the two stabbed each other and died together."
"Later, Möngke Khan, who was accompanying the army, rushed to the tent, saw this scene, and sealed the big tent, and sent someone to tell Battu, after cremating the bodies of the two men, Möngke Khan seized the power of this army, joined forces with Batu, and returned to the Mongolian steppe to compete for the Khan's position."
As soon as the woman's voice fell, there was thunder outside the window, followed by a death-like silence.
Mungo
4. Afterword
A few days later, I embarked on the journey back to accra, and on the way back, my eyes were always haunted by the customs and customs of Mongolia that I had seen along the way, and the tragic situation of Guiyu Khan's death that I had orchestrated in my mind.
As a Great Khan who reigned for 2 years in Mongolian history, achieved nothing and had the lowest sense of existence, he seemed to be just a shadow of his mother all his life, much like what people call "Ma Bao" today. It's just that the ending is not like the mother's death.
I am reminded of the fluttering conclusion of illness and death when I asked the compilers of the history of Mongolia when I asked about the cause of death of the previous khans.
Whose words are the truth?
What happened in that place called Hengxiang Yi'er (the ancient name of Emin County)? Why would no one in Guiyu Khan's army suspect the cause of Guiyu Khan's death and brush up on Gomöng Khan?
Was Xi Ban an assassin sent by Batu?
I don't know, I can only faithfully record every piece of history I have heard and seen, because this is the duty of historians...